Hoe.



J. A. H ANNEG-AN. HOE.

APPLICATION I'II QED JUNE 13, 1911 1,004,253, Patented Sept.26,1911

UNITED erm ne PATENT o inion JAMES A. HANNEGAN, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSASHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented SQPt. 25, 1911. Applicationfiled June 13, 1911.

Serial No. 532,839'

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that Lglmms A. llAnNnoAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomcry, tilt-ate ofKansas, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Hoes; andI do hereby declare the following to be a toll,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains ,to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hoes and the principal object oithe inventionis to provide an. improved hoe comprising a blade of novel form andnovel means for attaching the same to a handle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a blade having its upperportion eX tended ii'earwardly at right angles and formed with incisionsin opposite vertical edges thereof so as to provide cutting tongiziosadapted for use in removing woods: from growing plants, especiallycotton whereby such o e.ration may be carried on without materiallydecreasing the rate oit' operation and which will prevent the necessityof rcruovi the weeds or other plants from the cotton plants which itdesired etani'h with the fingers.

Another object of the invention is to pro ride a double shank forattaching the blade to the handle, the shank being secured to the lhu;le at two points in such a manner as to insure rigidity and strength.

rvith the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain combinw tions and arrangements of parts as will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed it being a still further object to provide a device which will not be likely to get out of working order.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hoe. Fig. 2is an enlarged detail perspective view of the blade and attaching shankwith the handle removed therefrom. Fig. dis a top plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 10 designates the main blade ofthe hoe which is provided with a sharpened cutting edge 11 at its bottomedge and which has its sides curved upwardly and inwardly as shown at 12so as to converge toward each other. The upper portion of the blade isbent at right angles to provide a supple mentary attaching portion 13,the same having outwarzflly projecting tongues 14 and curved forwardedges 15 formed by approximately V-shaped incisions 16 in the sides of ablank section of material from which the bhulc is formed.

Tho rca r edge of the attaching portion 13 is concnved as shown at 17 sothat the rear edges of the cutting tongues 14 will be slightly curvedfor positive action in severing the weeds or other plants which it isdesired to remove from around the plant which is: left standing and thecurved edges formed by the V-shapcrl incision 16 serve to dircot thetongues outwardly from the main blade of the hoe and thus preventhindrance to the cutting operation by reason of the space formed betweenthe edges 15 and 12. I t is of course urulerstood that the hoe isoperated in the usual manner except for the purpose of removing theweeds and in this operation the blfliilf; turned in position so that thecutting edge 11 is extended from the plants and the tongues 14 directedin a vertical position and upon either side of the plants atwhich it isdesired to operate.

Proper movement of the blade forwardly or rcarwardly when in-thisposition after the tongues have been engaged with the woods ((1 beremoved, will pull and cut the same from their gri'nving position andleave but the single plant standing and without injury, it beingunderstood that the tongues are projected into the earth in order toinsure that no roots are left to permit continued growth of said weedsor superfluous plants.

In order to attach thehandle 18 to the blade of the hoe, I provide adouble shank comprising a single section of bar metal 19 bent uponitself as shown at 20 to form leg portions which are coiled around eachother as shown at. 21 to form a single stem embedded in the end of thehandle and the leg portions converge outwardly as shown at 22 andextended upwardly where converged. These portions 22 are extended overthe rear edge 17 of the supplemental attaching portion 13 and throughopenings 23 in it and the extremities of said portions are extendeddiagonally downwardly as shown at 24 and through openings 25 in theblade portion 10 and in contact with the forw crd face thereof. By thisconstruction an absolutely rigid attaching means for the handle isprovided, the double shank serving to exert strain upon the blade at twopoints thereby insuring equal stress upon all portions of the bladeduring the hoeing operation. The manner of extending the ends of the legportions through the supplementary attaching member and the blade alsostrengthens the same where bent and the ends thereof which are incontact with the forward face of the blade serve to resist pressure uponits rear face when in use.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided an improved form of hoefor the purpose intended and it will be obvious that the blade may becut from a single blank section of properly tempered steel and thehandle attached thereto very readily, the parts being of such simplecharacter and construction that it may be economically manufactured. Iclaim 1. A hoe comprising a blade having its upper portion bent at rightangles rearwardly and formed with incisions in its side edges to provideoppositely extending cutting tongues, a shank having leg portionssecured to the bent portion and blade respectively and a handlesecuredto the shank.

2.. A hoe of the class described comprising a blade portion having acutting edge with curved side portions and oppositely extended tonguesat its upper edge, said tongues being formed at the ends of asupplementary attached portion disposed rearwardly at right angles tothe blade and having curved forward edges and a handle having a shankportion extended through the rearwardly extended portion and bladerespectively.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

JAMES A. HANNEGAN.

lVitnesses:

(T. N. MAsTEus, S. H. HosTLER.

